Combined washing and wringing machine.



No. 875,361. PATENTED 1150.31, 1907.

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COMBINED WASHING AND WRINGING MACHINE.

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PATENTED DEC. 81, 1907. J. H. LOHR. COMBINED WASHING AND WRINGINGMACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.4.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED WASHING AND WRINGING- MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filed April 4, 1906. Serial No. 309.905.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. LOHR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hustontown, in the county of Fulton and State ofPennsylvania, have inventedv a new and useful Combined Washing andWVringing Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combined washing and wringingmachines.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwashing machines, and to provide a simple, and comparatively inexpensiveone, capable of thoroughly washing the clothes without tearing, orotherwise injuring them, or rubbing the buttons from the garments, andadapted, after the rubbing operation has been completed, to be readilyarranged to form a wringer for expelling the water from the clothes.

VV'th these and other objects'in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claims, hereto appended; it being under stood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction,within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspec tive view of a combined washingand wringing machine constructed in accordance with this invention, andshown arranged for washing. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing the machine arranged forwringing the clothes. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view, takensubstantially on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a washing machine body forming a tub or receptacle, anddesigned to be constructed of any suitable material, either wood ormetal. The washing machine body, as shown in the accompanying drawings,is provided with a horizontal bottom 2, vertical sides 3, and inclinedends 4. and 5, which connect the sides and which extend upwardly andoutwardly from the bottom. The ends 4 and 5, which terminate short ofthe upper edges of the sides, haveiinwardly inclined upper portions 6and 7, which are adapted to prevent thewater from splashing from thewashing machine body.

Within the washing machine body is arranged a concave roller-bed,forming a rubbing surface and consisting of a plurality of transverselydisposed rollers 8, provided at their ends with suitable journals 9,which are arranged in suitable bearing openings of longitudinal bars orpieces 10, which fit against the inner end faces of the sides of thewashing machine body, and which arearranged upon and supported by thebottom of the same. The side pieces 10, which support the bottom rollers8, are provided with concavedly curved upper edges 11, which are adaptedto support a corrugated rubbing roller 12, slightly out of contact withthe bottom rollers 11, whereby the washing machine is prevented fromrubbing off the buttons of garments. The corrugated rubbing roller 12,which may be constructed of either wood or rubber, is adapted to bemoved over the concave roller-bed by an operating frame 13, and which isalso adapted, after the operation of rubbing has been completed, tocooperate with an end corrugated roller 14, to form a wringer forexpelling the water from the clothes.

The operating frame 13 is composed of spaced side bars 15 and transverseconnecting bars 16 and 17. The operating frame is provided at its frontportion with a air of depending arms 18, between which the corrugatedrubbin roller is mounted. The front end of the rame is also providedwith a round bar 19, extending across the space between the side bars,and forming a convenient handle for operating the washing machine.

The side bars 15 are provided with longitudinal slots 20, which receivea rear transverse rod 21, whereby the operating frame is slidably andpivotally connected with. the sides of the washing machine body. The rod21 passes through suitable perforations of rear extensions 21 of thesides of the washing machine body, and it is arranged below the upperedge of the rear end wall 5, the inclined upper portion 7 thereof beingprovided with opposite recesses 7 to permit the operating frame to swingdownwardly within the washing machine body. The operating frame isadapted to be reciprocated from one end of the concave roller-bed to theother, and it enables the desired. pressure to be applied to theclothes, whereby the same may be thoroughly rubbed and rapidly washed.The longitudinal. slots 20 also permit the operating frame to be swungrearwardly beyond the washing machine body, to the position illustratedin dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This will expose the entirewashing machine body, and enable the clothes and other fabrics to bearranged on the concave roller-bed, so that all portions of the fabricswill be exposed to the action of the rubbing roller.

The corrugated end roller 14, which may be constructed of either wood ormetal, is journaled between the sides of the washing machine body, andis provided with an exterior crank handle 22, by means of which it isrotated. The operating frame and the slots of the side bars are ofsufficient length to permit the corrugated roller to be placed upon theend. roller 14, to form a wringer, and the clothes may be readily passedbetween the two rollers for expelling the water from them. The desiredpressure may be readily applied by pressing downward on the front of theoperating frame, and the clothes Will be passed through the wringingmechanism by the rotation of the end roller 14.

In order to facilitate the operation of the machine when the same isarranged as a wringer, a transverse rod 23 may be placed in rear of thearms of the operating frame, in suitable staples 24, which form guidesand which permit the operating frame to have a limited upward anddownward movement. Also, a constant pressure may be maintained on theclothes by means of a pair of coiled springs 25, secured at their lowerends to the sides of the washing machine body by pins 26, or othersuitable fastening devices, and at their lower ends to the side bars ofthe operating frame by means of pins 27. The pins 26 and 27 areremovable to enable the springs to be detached, or they may be simplydisconnected from the operating frame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a combined washing and wringing machine, the combination of areceptacle provided with a rubbing surface and having a horizontalpivot, a wringer roll mounted within the receptacle, an operating framehaving guiding means extending longitudinally of the operating frame andreceiving the horizontal pivot of the receptacle and slidably andpivotally connecting the said frame with the receptacle, and a rollermounted on the operating frame and. adapted to be carried by the slidingmovement of the same to the wringer roll to cooperate therewith to forma wringer, said operating frame being arranged to swing upwardly anddownwardly and forming a lever to enable pressure to be applied duringthe wringing operation.

2. In a combined washing and wringing machine, the combination with areceptacle having a rubbing surface, of a wringer roller mounted in thereceptacle and located above one end of the rubbing surface thereof, an

operating frame provided at opposite sides with longitudinal slots, atransverse rod located at one end of the receptacle and passing throughthe slots of the operating frame and pivotally and slidably connectingthe latter to the receptacle, and a roller mounted on the operatingframe and adapted to be carried by the longitudinal sliding movementthereof to the wringer roller to cooperate with the same to form awringer.

3. In a combined washing and wringing machine, the combination with areceptacle having a rubbing surface, of a wringer roller mounted in thereceptacle and. located above one end of the rubbing surface thereof, anoperating frame provided at opposite sides with longitudinal slots andhaving rigid depending arms arranged at an angle to the sides of theframe, a transverse rod located at one end of the receptacle and passingthrough the slots of the frame and pivotally and slidably connecting thelatter to the receptacle, and a roller mounted between the arms of theoperating frame and adapted to. be carried by the sliding movementthereof to the wringer roller and to cooperate with the same to form awringer.

4. In a combined. washing and wringing machine, the combination of areceptacle provided with a rubbing surface and having a horizontalpivot, a wringer roll mounted within the receptacle, an operating framehaving guiding means extending longitudinally of the operating frame andreceiving the horizontal pivot of the receptacle and slidably andpivotally connecting the said frame with the receptacle, and a rollermounted on the operating frame and adapted to be carried by the slidingmovement of the same to the wringer roll to cooperate therewith to forma wringer, said operating frame being arranged to swing upwardly anddownwardly and forming a lever, and springs located at opposite sides ofthe receptacle and connected with the same and with the operating frameto yieldably hold the rollers in engagement with each other.-

.5. In a combined washing and wringing machine, the combination with awashing machine body having a rubbing surface, of an operating frameprovided with opposite arms, a rubbing roller mounted between the armsand cooperating with the rubbing surface, guides carried by the arms, aroller arranged to cooperate with the said rubbing roller to form awringer, a rod passing through the said guides for limiting the movementof the operating frame, and yieldable means detachably connected withthe operating frame for applying a constant pressure to the same.

6. 1n a combined washing and wringing machine, the combination of areceptacle having a rubbing surface, an operating frame I provided witha longitudinal slot and carrying a rubbing roller which cooperates withthe said rubbing surface, a rod mounted on the receptacle at the backthereof and passing through the slot of the operating frame, anexteriorly operable rotary roller mounted within the body at the frontthereof and cooperating with the said rubbing roller to form a wringer,and springs located at opposite sides of the washing machine body andconnected with the operating frame for maintaining the rubbing roller inengagement with the other. roller.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH H. LOHR.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. BARTON, JOHN HOOVER.

